I'm now trying to install Postfix, and the problem I'm running into is that I cannot create new user accounts. I created several user accounts during installation, and they seem to be fine. But when I [manually] create entries in /etc/passwd, master.passwd, and group, the entries are 'ignored' -- e.g., a "chown [newuser] [filename]" command fails, attempts to su from root into the user account fail, etc. When I try to create the user via adduser (using the standard defaults), the account creation step fails with the following error:
pw: user '[newuser]' disappeared during update
Again, attempts to 'access' the user (i.e., chmod, etc.) will fail. Interestingly, though, if I try to re-create the user, adduser tells me that the user already exists -- and a check of the relevant files confirms that the entries are there.
I've looked around for a solution to this problem, but haven't found one, so here I am.
FYI, the system security level was set to "high" during installation, and was then reset to "moderate" after installation, as this system is intended to be used as a server (and "high" was too restrictive; I couldn't even [find a way to] set the system time correctly).
Appreciate the assistance.... --
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